Pardoned by the King

Reuters photo by James Lawler Duggan

Anti-government demonstrators carry a prisoner pardoned by King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa after he was released from police custody at Pearl square in ManamaWednesday. Bahrain has freed 23 people accused of trying to topple the island's Sunni Muslim monarchy, along with other prisoners and people detained in last week's protests, a Shi'ite opposition lawmaker said.

Anti-government demonstrators carry a prisoner pardoned by King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa after he was released from police custody at Pearl square in ManamaWednesday. Bahrain has freed 23 people accused of trying to topple the island's Sunni Muslim monarchy, along with other prisoners and people detained in last week's protests, a Shi'ite opposition lawmaker said. (Reuters photo by James Lawler Duggan)

Anti-government demonstrators carry a prisoner pardoned by King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa after he was released from police custody at Pearl square in ManamaWednesday. Bahrain has freed 23 people accused of trying to topple the island's Sunni Muslim monarchy, along with other prisoners and people detained in last week's protests, a Shi'ite opposition lawmaker said.